Song Of Palestine – Never Again; Again

Past’s story, audienced by Time
‘n told to the Canopy Of Constellations,
reeks
of the rancid urge
(tribalist-born)
to kill for land…

For to kill for land ‘n resource,
waging racial propaganda to
perpetuate
division
wrought by
fear; disgust; design –

this design lies deep within our marrow;
plays its pull upon our sinews still;
it lingers,
longing, ‘pon the banks
of our bloodstream course,
ready for to swim.

Never again!
     Do not forget!
          Do not forget!
     Do not allow
to happen again!
     No, never again!
          Do not forget!
     Do not forget!
Do not allow
     to happen again!
          Again! Again!
     To happen again!
Have not forgot!
     Have not forgot!
          Allowed again,
     to happen again!
Again! Again!
     Allowed again!
          Again! Again!
     Again! Again!
Again! Again!
     Again! Again!
          Again! Again!
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Image credit – Baldwin